"What we call Curse Arts involve using special rituals to beseech supreme beings in the Unseen. Different rituals naturally call upon different beings, and generally fall into categories such as 'blessings' and 'summoning.'"
"Different traditions have developed different Curse Arts."
"They are divided into tiers and categories according to their power, effects, and difficulty."
"Our Myriad Incantation Sect's collection includes twelve fourth-tier Curse Techniques, one hundred and sixty-five third-tier techniques, one thousand five hundred and sixty-two second-tier techniques, and forty-seven thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight first-tier techniques..."
Wang Ba sat in the Myriad Incantation Sect's inheritance chamber, listening to its Gate Master expound endlessly on the Curse Arts Inheritance.
At the same time, he held a book listing the various Curse Techniques in the sect's collection and their corresponding effects.
As he listened, he swept his Divine Sense over the book.
But at this point, something suddenly occurred to him, and he interrupted:
"Gate Master Wang, might you have any unranked Curse Techniques here?"
"Unranked?"
Wang Haitong, who had been speaking with animated enthusiasm, froze, then revealed an admiring look.
"To think True Person Wang also knows about Curse Techniques, and even knows of 'unranked Curse Techniques.' Most people know nothing about those."
Looking at the perfectly measured admiration on the other man's face, Wang Ba was somewhat speechless.
He had to admit, Gate Master Wang certainly had a knack for flattery.
Even he found it rather pleasing.
But that did not keep him from continuing his questions:
"Then your sect does have such Curse Techniques?"
Wang Haitong hurriedly nodded and explained:
"These unranked Law Techniques are not truly without a tier. Rather, anyone can cast them regardless of cultivation, and their power often increases along with the caster's cultivation. That is why they are called 'unranked.' Our Myriad Incantation